New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17

Had sner rurunurs ana wardrobes tn the place
Hcr storage q lot Of infsmmable goods from out Of
Town, which had been rejected Of other ware
houses, but IL could not DO verned. NO cause Sof
the IRE was known.
DAMAGE 10 BROADWAY BUILDINGS
Adjoining the warehouse on the north Is a low
tvo-story brick block extending on Broadway
from Thirty-e,ahth-st to the Casino This was
occupied by tho following firms No. 1892. Ernst A.
Luhrs liquor store; No. 1884. J. & II. Won Runnen.
market; No. 1896 William wilkins birds and rare
animals: No. 1898, a. Msrksnt. boots and shoes,
and Pussy Il Co.. printsrs; No. 1.4O0. The Acme
By L. Liudent6al. upholstery ts,mmiasA This
building was damaged chiefly by the falling OF the
wall Of the warehouse which crushed in the rear OF
too busy IN serving the numerous customers VINO
thronged his bar to make any estimate q hs loss.
To #: 70 sosd @
very SCI Ious Messrs. Won Runnen. who occupy
the next store. could give nothing o un sIs
they 'pp roosSIy put I. several hundred
Tue firms ice-chest IN the rear Of the >. store
dsmss red They were Insured William Wilson,
who keeps tho bird st S a Tb Mo was Hs
fortunately did not have as large stock OF rare
animals a. usual ON hand A Few rare doGs
r. the o saGa 81 had also some oanarss
which be was taking care Of during the summer.
which were lost Msrssf d POOLS ana snoec e.
Insured and Pusey & Co., printers, thought " 600
would cover their loss, also insured: The
Acme Steam Laundry will lose almost nothing. y
not estimate their loss even approximately. Insy
SAID 1t would reach up into the Thousands,
Ss ScSds in the froos Of the building were badly
damaged by dust and dirt.
The treasurer of the Casino said that their only
tAs boss which was tsicn rp the back stairway
This running down into the cellar damaged tho
scenery stored there TO the extent OF $l.ooo TO
Considering the intense heat to which the build
ius WAS subjected" he said. e think Chief McCabe
did wonderfully we'll In saving the building Not
even the roof. on which the cinders fell IKE RAM
AZ the ueghboring hotels, the Oriental and the
the ORIENTAL the guests were ali called and Of
e Casino o'S wss thought to Be n danger,
il did not last Hose were placed in readiness on
each Hoor and men stationed on the roof, but for:
trouble there S,' osne from the smoke which filled
the house. AT the Normandie. Dir. Earle said;
We have two complete syssms for calling the guess
each one separately telling them there was re oppo,
% and s. Ssy had S
being called for ire In this house. The house hasn't 2
Is frs s proof The heat the building
and AZ the glass in that aide Of The Sonss
some Of the window drapsries and awnings constitute
whole ss Is % TnoS
roof Of solid stone like this floor You can udge some
Sns o. the Ss1 S N feet AWAY from the
street was burst by IT,
Mr.. Earle had some furniture stored in the ware
Miss no Sn Insurance clerk at the Norman
die also said that he understood that
large part OF the metropolitan Opera House
scenery was stored in the warehouse. which was
Lost. Mr. Earle gave the fremen a bounteous lunch
and all the claret punch they wanted.
The rumor regarding the Metropolitan Opera
House scenery proved, upon investigation. to be
correct. A Tribune reporter was informed al the
Opera House last might; that they had be
a few flats (" and other minor pieces. There were.
they thought. no wings" The scenery was moved
over there when the National Opera Company oc-
cupied the house, as 1t brought its own scenery,
which took all the room available. The scenery
stored in the burned building. and which Is total
os n Part par the ~, ae omar. Of .Mer
Vienna watzes" some Of the aats Of the Queen
the Mile scene. This, which is the costliest piece
used in the opera. returned to the Opera House
at the time OF Pstti's last engagement The EN-,
amount to at least $4,000. which. however, is
insured They said 1t could not have been burned
at more fortunate time. as there wiz 10 abundant
few other losses were learned during the even
ing, among them the following: w. J. q. Meigan.
stored there which was burned Captain Charles I.
Smith, living in the Mystic apartment house, lost
valuable cask OF ohinaware. he had some other
goods in the building. but they were all taken out
unharmed. hree women whose name was said to
be Douglass, but whose address was unknown,
were i'm the Hotel Normandie in the afternoon and
fhata IN hat had world
was burned and was uninsured. Information re-
garding individual losses was meagre and hard to
them was one that ex-Alderman Waite had lost
property worth SIS, 900 stored In the warehouse.
THE INJURED YIRKMES IN THE HOSPITAL
The Injuries received by the fremen were for the.
most part not serious as was feared at rst Five
were taken to the New-York Hospital They were:
ty.fve, American, married, suffered conclusion Of
the spine lie lived at No OaksL
o g
He received superficial burns on the face and hands
,,ss e. &C. Ts: mt Asf
iscersied wound. the scalp and was burned about
Irish. married 81 No $50 @iilisave. was burned on
vEDDsa. PErxR. jr foreman Of Engine Company No 20
are forty eight American, marie living ~ No III
East Nin,ieth-st, was barned the face aud hands
All the men were doing we'll last night and none
OF the injuries are dangerous John Conioy, OF
No. 336 East rhirty-seventh ST.. and John Douglass
No. All West Forty fl hist. both of EnRine
Company No. i, also received slight burns on the
hands and face, but were not taken to the nos
CASINO PEOPLE WATCH THE FIRE
The first of the Casino company to arrive at the
scane of the fire was Miss Pauline Hall. who drove
ND looking rather nervous about a a. m. She
thought naturally that it was the Casino itself
that was burning. and her evil snticipations were
shared by Mss Urquhart and Francis Wilson who
TONED her soon after Rudolph Aronson and his
brother Edward were soon hand. for thew live IN
dread of the spreading Of the flames to the theatre
he'd vanished, the tired watchers grew more cheer
full